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Shine a light on cancer
Being diagnosed with blood cancer can be an experience that is isolating and filled with darkness. One woman is asking the community to be the…
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Home at last in Bacchus Marsh
Nicole Fitzsimons had been wanting a piece of the Aussie dream for a decade. But amid booming property prices, the dream of owning her own…
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Melton botanical bounty
John Bentley is committed to helping revive our understanding, and appreciation, of indigenous plants. The Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden president led a guided…
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Melton council’s tainted waste crackdown
Cameras and GPS tracking devices have been installed in Melton council rubbish trucks to crack down on residents contaminating green waste bins with household rubbish.…
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Moorabool businesses earning their daily bread
It’s taken Chris Sharkey a year to learn how to mill his own wheat. Using a stonemill to grind the wheat fine enough for baking,…
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Former Melton basketball coach caught filming children at Queensland beach
A former Melton basketball coach has been charged after allegedly filming children underwater at a Queensland beach. Queensland police say James William Treasure used a…
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My Place: Paolo Taliana
Paolo Taliana, a passionate musician, has toured with the likes of The Supremes. He speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak. Tell me about how you became interested…
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Man charged over Truganina collision
A man has been charged following a fatal collision on Hopkins Road in Truganina on the weekend, after which two children died. It is alleged…
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Three rescued from fire
Police helped save three people and a dog from a house fire in Werribee on Tuesday. Detectives from the Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit were on…
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Ballan residents face a planned Powercor electricity outage on midwinter Sunday
Ballan residents face a chilly Sunday with Powercor shutting off the power to 1150 customers as they install new technology to help prevent bushfires. With…
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Smart start help for Melton entrepreneurs
Melton council has scored $80,000 in state government funding to “unearth” the community’s hidden start-up talent. The Hot House Project, a three-phase program featuring more…
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Feedback call on Moorabool memorial plan
Moorabool residents are being invited to have their say on council’s planned revised memorials policy. The current policy was adopted three years ago to assess…
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Gordon Football Netball Club mounts female-friendly bid
Gordon Football Netball Club female players do it tough – they don’t have access to toilets, showers or changerooms. They change in storage shed cubicles…
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New housing proposal in growth suburbs slammed
A Coalition plan to fast-track 300,000 housing lots in outer growth suburbs has been described as a “recipe for long-term disaster” by one senior planning…
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Residents cry fowl
Residents are calling for the state government to overturn new reforms to pig and poultry farming that they believe threaten the protection of the Macedon…
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